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The edge of medicine :

(Number (ISBN

0230605753

(Number (ISBN

0230617530

(Number (ISBN

9780230605756

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9780230617537

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b787137

Title Proper

The edge of medicine :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the technology that will change our lives /

First Statement of Responsibility

William Hanson.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 248 pages ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Deus ex machina -- Eye in the sky -- Eternal vigilance -- A good sketch -- Shadow-play -- The thinkable -- Which one was what one? -- Little minds -- At the bottom -- There and back again -- Pink or blue -- The never-ending story -- My father's feet.

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An account of high-tech advances that may or may not revolutionize medical care. Hanson, director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Pennsylvania, begins with a profile of his pioneering work as a "doc-in-the-box," where he and his team sit before monitors, alarms and audio-video links to oversee ICU patients in hospitals across a wide area. Using cameras that zoom in on trouble spots, they can instantly contact the appropriate personnel. The practice may seem dehumanizing, but it dramatically reduces complications and makes efficient use of the increasingly scarce supply of ICU specialists. American radiologists dislike night work, so computers now send X-rays across the world where wide-awake doctors immediately send back their reading. Experimental computers read brain waves to guide wheelchairs and artificial limbs but also send signals to the brain to produce vision and hearing. Today's devices work crudely, notes the author, but progress is inevitable.

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Medical innovations.

Medical technology-- Forecasting.

Biomedical Technology-- trends.

Medical innovations.

Medical technology-- Forecasting.

Medizintechnik.

Prognose.

Technischer Fortschritt.

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Edition

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Hanson, C. William, (Clarence William),1955-

Date of Transaction

20201207005147.0

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[Book]

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